Quote:It honestly depends on what the handwavium did, I think. If it just altered an individual on the phenotypic level (what you see), but not the genotypic level (the DNA/genes), then you have no problems with reproduction with baseline humans at all, and I'd say no to biomodded kids (They get to take their own chances). If it does alter the DNA, then traits can get passed on...and you can get offspring with biomods. Though...unless handwavium is passed on sexually, I'm not sure that those traits would count as a biomod FOR the child? So they'd still get their own shot at it? *sigh* It's so much easier with plants. Biomod them, and save samples. If the seeds work to make the next generation, great! If not, you can still reproduce them with cloning the samples. Takes a bit of work, but doable now. I'm trying to compile data on this - asking farmers/people who use my plants to pass data back to me if they save seed to do the next generation, so I can keep track of the long-term effects on heredity (and so I can ask for samples for my cell banks if they get any really neat mutants).
Another question: do biomodded parents have biomodded kids? We're probably *just* far enough into the storyline for people to start having experimental evidence on that one.
My personal preference is for a blend; it would depend on each individual mod. Some of them are at the DNA level, some aren't. So you can see a huge range of effects - from two biomodded parents having a normal child, having a child showing the traits of one or the other, or possibly traits from both. *grin* And that's not counting whether or not any of the traits are recessive. The human genepool would never be the same. Personally I think that's a fun thing, but that's just me. I DO think that the kids should get their own chance at a true biomod, though, even if they get traits passed down to them.